Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-03-18


B. Some Large Trees.
e)ne-t hird OF the land surface Of our
planet is covered with trees The Ia
gest tree I'M the world IS situated IN
Nlascoli, near the foot Of Mt. Etna, and
is called the Chestnut Tree Of a Hun
dred Horses, B and moreover is believed
TO be one of the oldest trees in the
world. It's name. arose from the report
that Queen Jane Of Aragon, with her
principal nobility took refuge from a.
violent storm under its branches. At
one on time it was supposed that it con-
sisted Of q clump Of trees united, but
on digging away the earth the root was
found entire at No great depth. Five
enormous branches arise from one great
trunk, which IS two hundred and twelve
feet in circumference. A part of the
trunk has been broken away and its in
terror is hollow, and is large enough
to contain a flock Of sheep, or two car
riages driven abreast through it. It
still bears IN abundance of fruit, and
it's collectors have built hut within
the trunk, the better to promote their.
proceedings, .-%, 5. n....
The largest tree in the United States
stands near Bear Creek. on the North
side of Thorn River. California. It
measures one hundred and forty feet
in1circumference. In Tuolume grove,
Nevada, stands the 'Dead Giant Red
wood tree, = measuring one hundred
and nineteen feet in circumference.
which has been so entirely followed by
long use as a chimney that the road
makers could not resist the temptation
OF completing the work of the camp
fires, so that they have cut great arch
way right through the farther side of the
poor dead stump and led the road
through it, SO that now the high crowd
ed coach daily passes through the very
heart of the great tree, which may have
been young in the days of Julius
Caesar. - 49,. ...... ..f. @.
An historical walnut trees stands in a
smooth meadow near Haverstraw, N.
Y. History says that under its branches
the forces of Anthony Wayne waited
for Col. Lords servant Pomp to con-
duct them through the lowlands and
marshes to the rear of the fort on
Stony Point that dark and stormy night
when the fort was retaken from the
British troops. Under its branches,
too, it is said Washington paid off the
struggling remnant Of the army of
Newburg, when, weary, footsore, and
ragged they returned to their almost
ruined homes after the war was ended.
This tree measures twenty feet in cir
conference and is certainty more than
sixty feet high. 1t is held in great
veneration by the community in which
it stands as an honored member.
The Scientific American recently had
cut Of a remarkable Yucca tree
growing in Southern California; which,
becoming too heavy to stand erect, has
bent over and attached itselfto the earth,
forming an arch under which fourteen
or fifteen horsemen could ride abreast.
The Gardeners monthly states that
a tree of remarkable dimensions was
recently felled at Crystal Spring, Yates
county, N. Y. The tree was perfectly
sound and vigorous, thirteen feet in
circumference at the ground, and near
ly two hundred feet in height. The
rings or annual layers in its stump in
dictate an age of three hundred and fif-
teen years, and it is estimated that four
thousand feet of lumber will be cut
| from its trunk. @.1< H.. -- ~
The soft maple tree that was cut
down on the White House grounds
last December had many historic as
sociations. President Lincoln had a
habit of stopping at this tree, when
thoughtfully strolling about the
grounds, and pulling q twig from it.
Then he would take out his pocket
knife and slowly white the stick as he
walked on. The tree was planted during
the administration of Andrew Jackson.
In the negro cemetery at Americus.
Ca, is a cedar tree that was planted in
a pitcher at the head of a grave ten
years ago. It burst the bottom of the
pitcher and rooted in the earth The
pitcher still encircles the bottom of the
cedar, which is ten feet high. D.